Watch: Donald Rumsfeld Reminds Joy Behar Why Trump Won the Election

The ladies who host “The View” on ABC are used to running down Republicans and President Donald Trump in particular, but one of them ran into more than she bargained for when she tried to get former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to de-legitimize the president of the United States.

According to The Daily Caller, Rumsfeld was a guest on Thursday show, and the co-hosts weren’t ready for him.

Co-host Joy Behar kept trying to trick Rumsfeld into admitting grounds for Trump’s impeachment, but Rumsfeld wasn’t falling for any of it.

“There was a break-in in the Watergate complex. In this case, there was a Russian break-in on the internet. Similar, no? There are other things I have here. There are many similarities. He fired, what’s his name? He fired Archibald Cox, the lead investigator. Trump fired his lead investigator, Comey,” she rattled on.

Rumsfeld, who was defense secretary under both Presidents Gerald Ford and George W. Bush, showed the depth of his Washington experience with his answers.

“I think suggesting that we are at a point that approximates Watergate I think is a stretch,” Rumsfeld shot back. “Why do you want to engage in hypotheticals? This man was elected president of the United States.”

“There is an investigation on the subject you’ve cited,” he continued. “Which is perfectly appropriate. Nothing has been concluded. I have a sense you might be jumping to conclusions.”

Watch the full exchange below. The exchange that included Rumsfeld’s “what counts” line starts about the 1:35 mark:

Perhaps this will make Behar think twice before she tries to de-legitimize the U.S. president on national television.

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